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IT was not an easy matter for Lashbrook to conceal the immense surprise which he felt as he regarded the name on the slip of paper which the manager had placed in his hand. But four years' training during the war and his subsequent experience in the police stood him in good stead now, so that he merely regarded the incident as a commonplace one with no significance behind it.
"That is rather a strange thing," he said. "You see, I happen to know something about Colonel Heaton. Now, would you mind telling me exactly the date when the colonel took possession of the safe?"